Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

• That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
• We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
• On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Oak Lake (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Oak Lake. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Oak Lake ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Oak Lake: Oak Lk.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Oak Lake:

• Websites specific to Manitoba
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Manitoba
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Manitoba
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Manitoba
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page

Cemeteries Near Oak Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Lake.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Lake, with the one closest to Oak Lake listed first.

• Oak Lake Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Lake Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2234649 <1>
• Johnston - St. David United Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • The Johnston - St. David United Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Johnston Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnston - St. David United Cemetery
• Griswold Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Griswold Cemetery
• Shiloh United Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • The Shiloh United Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Shiloh Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh United Cemetery
• Breadalbane Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Breadalbane Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Lenore.
  • The Breadalbane Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Breadalbane / Lenore Cemetery
  • Lenore Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Breadalbane Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146561 <1>
• Tarbolton Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tarbolton Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2471371 <1>
• Virden Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Virden Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2245494 <1>
• Alexander Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alexander Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Alexander.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alexander Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2412125 <1>
• Greenwood Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
• Souris Glenwood Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Souris Glenwood Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2349847 <1>
• Kinsmore Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • The Kinsmore Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Kinsmore / Oakner Cemetery
  • Oakner Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kinsmore Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2518478 <1>
• Riverside Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
• Continue List   (33 more) ...
  • St. Matthews Ancrum Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Matthews Ancrum Cemetery
  • Pipestone Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pipestone Cemetery
  • Bennett Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bennett Cemetery

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Lake.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oak Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/